Metallic grave-vault.



G. H. HISBR.

METALLIC GRAVE VAULT.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 25, 1913.

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METALLIC GRAVE VAULT.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 25, 1913.

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UNTE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. IIISER, OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, ASSIGNOR T0 THE SPRINGFIELDMETALLIC GASKET COMPANY, OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF' OI-IIO.

METALLIC enAvE-vaULT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 7, 1914.

Application filed August 25, 1913. Serial No. 786,576.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. Hrsnn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Springfield, in the county of Clark and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic Grave- Vaults,of which the following is a specification. I

My invention relates to improvements in metallic grave vaults, and itespecially re-` section on the same line, mof Fig. 1,

showing the locking devices in the same position as in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 isa detail of a portion of the locking mechanism.

Like parts are represented by similar characters of reference in theseveral views.

In the said drawings, 1 represents the .ciasj ing forming the body ofthe vault, having near the open end thereof, an inturnedl Hangs 2.

The door of the vault is represented by 3,

and may be of any usual construction and is adapted to close the openend of the strucj ture.

Screw-threaded in a centrally arranged thimble 4 secured to the door 3,is a sleeve 5, having a squared outer end 5a to receive a wrench orother tool. Journaled in the screw-threaded sleeve 5 is a shaft 6, alsohaving a squared outer end 6a to receive a wrench or other tool, andhaving secured tor its inner end a collar 7 to which is made fast apinion 8. The teeth of the pinion 8 are in mesh with the teeth of aseries of four cam wheels 9, 10, 11 and 12, journaled to the arms of aspider 13, loosely mounted upon the unthreaded end 5b of thescrew-threaded sleeve 5. Each of these cam wheels has a cam groove 14which receives projecting pins 15 on the inner ends of a series of fourlocking bolts or frames 17, 18, 19 and 20. The bolts proper 21 of theselocking frames project through a series of clips or keepers 22,pivotally connected to rods 23, 24, 25 and 26, which rods are supportedat their respective ends in ears 27 projecting from the door. Each ofthe locking bolts is provided at its inner end with a slot 28 into whichprojects a pin 29 on the outer end of each of the arms of the spider 13,and in order that the inner end of the locking frames may be held inposition on these pins, there are provided two cross bars 30 and 31, ofa resilient nature, each of which is perforated at its respective endsto receive the pins 29, and are held in position by cotter pins 32, thesaid bars crossing each other and bearing against the inner end of thecollar 7 these cross barsl also serving to brace the arms ofv the spiderwhen the parts are operated in the, manner hereinafter described.

The operation is as follows: The door having been placed in positionagainst the vault, with a gasket or packing 33 between its edge and theflange 2, the shaft 6 is revolved, thus revolving the cam wheels 9, 10,11 and 12 through the medium of the pinion 8. This projects all thelocking bolts outwardly in line with the flange 2. The screw-threadedsleeve 5 is next revolved which forces all the parts to the positionshown in Fig. 2, whereupon, the keepers 22, acting as fulcrums, theouter ends of the bolts will be caused to impinge against the inner sideof the flange 2, thus clamping the door firmly in position against thepacking.

Secured to the collar 7 is a second collar 34, having a perforatedenlargement 34a in which is located a plunger 35, having thereon a coilspring 36 interposed between the enlargement and a small pin 37; thisplunger being normally held in retracted position by a cotter pin. 38,placed in a perforation in the flange on the inner side of theenlargement. Before the door is placed in position, this cotter pin 38is removed, the outer end of the plunger extending into a vin contact atall with the said flange.

perforation in the pinion 8. Located at a suitable point in the spideris a perforation 39, and so soon as the plunger coincides with thisperforation 89, it will be forced into same and thus lock the shaft 6against revolution to prevent the withdrawal of the bolts. Means arealso provided for locking the bolts in their tilted position so as toprevent the unclamping of the same, which, while not permitting accessto the vault, would nevertheless result in destroying the water-tightjoint. v

Pivoted at 42 to inwardly-extending ears on the door, is a series ofshouldered-locking fingers 40, one for each locking frame, which fingersnormally project through perforations 43 in the frames as shown in Fig.3. As the frames are tilted to their clamping position, these fingerswill be drawn by springs 41 to cause the shouldered portions thereof toengage the frames and thus lock them from return movement, as shown inFig. 2.

In constructing grave vaults, it is usual to have the same provided witha rounded or curved top, in consequence of which as the locking frame 17is tilted to-cause the bolts to impinge against the flange 2, the innerbolts will contact the flange first. The result of this is that if theframe is a rigid one, the outer bolts would be prevented from comirg oovercome this diliiculty, I have co-nstructed the locking frame 17 intwo parts, 17a and 17h, pivoted together by the pin 15, the respectivemembersv of the frame being provided with perforated ears for thepurpose.

' The member 17b also preferably has a projecting guide 17d to assist inholding the parts together. The result of this construction is that asthe frame is tilted, the contact of the inner bolts proper with theflange 2, will cause the frame to bow sufliciently to permit the outerbolts to also have a tight contact with the flange and thus cause thebolts of the locking frame 17 to clamp the door to the flange 2uniformly across the entire width of the top.,

Having thus described my invention I claim z- 1. In a device of thecharacter described, the combination, with a door-and a casing having aninwardly extending flange, a screw-threaded sleeve carried by said door,a revoluble shaft in said sleeve, a series of cam gears, a support forsaid gears loosely mounted on said sleeve but movable bodily ytherewith, a pinion connected with said shaft and meshing with saidgears, and a series of locking bolts operatively connected with saidgears and fulcrumed at their outer ends.

2. In a device of the character described, in combination with a doorand a casing having an inwardly extending rim or flange, of a series ofslidable locking bolts carried by said door, a revoluble sleevescrew-threaded in said door, a shaft revolubly mounted in said sleeve, aseries of gears carried by said door operatively connected to saidbolts, said bolts being Vcapable of a sliding movement relativelythereto, and a pinion connected with said shaft and in mesh with saidgears, whereby a movement thereof projects said bolts to lockingposition and the turning of said sleeve tilts said bolts against saidflange.

3. In a device of the character described, in combination with a doorand a casing having an inwardly extending rim or flange, a supportcarried by said door, a series of gears carried by said support, apinion carried by said door and common to all of said gears, a series oflocking bolts operatively connected with said gears, said bolts beingalso connected with said support but capable of a movement relativelythereto. together with springs for holding said bolts yieldably to saidsupport, means extending on the outside of said door for operating saidpinion to cause said gears to throw said bolts to locking position withrespect to said flange,

Vand means for moving said support inwardly away from said door to tiltsaid bolts. l

4. In a device of the character described, in combination with a doorand a casing having an inwardly extending flange, a revoluble sleevescrew-threaded in said door, a shaft revolubly mounted in said sleeve, asupport loosely mounted on said sleeve, a series of gears carried bysaid support, a series of bolts operatively connected with said gears, apinion connected with said shaft and common to all of said gears,whereby the turning of said shaft will cause said gears to throw saidbolts to operative position and the turning of said screw causes thetilting of said bolts. 5. In a device of the character described, incombination with a door and a casing having an inwardly-extending rim orflange, a series of locking members mounted on said door, lockingmechanism carried by said door, means for movablyl connecting saidlocking members with said locking mechanism, means for operating saidlocking mechanism to project said locking members to locking positionand also for tilting said locking members with respect to saidmechanism, and resilient cross-bar members carried by said lockingmechanism Vand exerting a pressure upon said locking members to holdsaid locking members in operative relation with said mechanism butpermitting the tilting of the same.

6. In a device of the character described, in combination with a doorand a casing having an inwardly-extending rim, a series of lockingmembers carried by said door, delocking members after they have beenvices also carried by said door operatively thrown to clamping position.10 connected with said locking members to pro- In testimony whereof, Ihave hereunto set ject the same to locking position and for my hand this22nd day of August, 1913. tilting the same to clamping position, meansCHARLES H. HISER.

for locking said operating devices against Witnesses: y

ret-urn movement, and pivotecl latches car- CHAS. L. SNIDER,

riecl by said door for engagement With said CHAs. I. WELCH.

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